
<p class="title" align="center">Triangle Java Users Group Presents:</p>
<p class="header4" align="center">Better Search with Apache Lucene and Solr</p>
<p class="header4" align="center"><span align="center" class="header3">presented
  by Grant Ingersoll</span></p>

<p align="center"><b>Monday, November 19, 2007 </b><br>
<b>6:30 PM - 9:00 PM</b> <br>
<a href="http://www.nortelnetworks.com" target="_blank"><img src="images/nn_logo_tag.gif" border="0"></a><br>

4001 E. Chapel Hill-Nelson Highway
  <br>
  Research Triangle Park, North Carolina</p>

<p><span class="header2">Abstract:</span><br>
Apache Lucene is a high-performance, easy-to-use se ar ch  
libr ar y in use in many l ar ge scale, production environments.  Apache  
Solr is an enterprise class se ar ch server built on Lucene that  
demonstrates many Lucene best practices in addition to offering many   
exciting, standalone features.  This topic will introduce attendees  
to the basic se ar ch concepts (analysis, indexing, relevance  ranking)  
using Lucene and then examine how Solr brings these concepts to the  
enterprise by providing replication, caching, faceted browsing and  
easy configuration.  The talk will also cover best practices and  
interesting usages.
</p></p>
<p><span class="header2">About the Speaker:</span><br>
Grant Ingersoll is a Senior Software Engineer and Principal  for  
a Boston-based startup and a committer on the Lucene Java project  and  
a member of the Lucene PMC. He has been developing commercial and  
research systems in Java for over 11 years. Grant has used  Lucene for  
implementing many different applications, ranging from basic search  
applications to cross-language information retrieval (CLIR)  
applications, question answering (QA) and collection analysis and  
customization applications.   Grant is also the author of the "Search  
Smarter with Apache Solr" series at IBM developerWorks (<a href="http://
www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-solr1/">http://
www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-solr1/</a>)</p>
<span class="header2">Agenda:</span><br>
6:30 - 7:00 PM -- Meet, Talk, Pizza <br>
7:00 - 7:15 -- JUG Business and Announcements <br>
7:15 - 8:15 -- Presentation <br>
8:15 - 8:30 -- Discussion with Presenter <br>
9:00 - Doors close <br>

<br>


<p><span class="header2">Admission:</span><br>
Paid-up members of TriJUG may attend without additional charge.
Non members are asked to pay $5 per meeting. But, if you are either a full time
student or unemployed, then we ask only $2 per meeting.</p>

<p><span class="header2">DIRECTIONS to Nortel Networks:</span><br>
<b>From Raleigh:</b> <br>
Proceed West on I40 to Davis Drive (Exit 280)
Take exit for Davis Drive.
At the top of the ramp turn left (south) on Davis Drive
Proceed to the light at Davis and 54 (aprox 1/3 mile)
Turn left onto 54.
Proceed approx. 1/4 mile to first (of 3) Nortel entrances on your left.
Turn left into Nortel site (you should see a pond to your right)
Proceed aprox. 200 yards to the first right turn into parking lot.
Park near center of near side of building
Enter through guard station near BIG YELLOW WALL.
(Know your car's license plate number -- guard may ask.)
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<p><b>From Durham:</b><br>
Proceed East on I40 to Davis Drive (Exit 280)
Take exit for Davis Drive.
At the top of the ramp turn left (south) on Davis Drive
Proceed to the light at Davis and 54 (approx 1/4 mile)
Turn left onto 54.
Proceed approx. 1/4 mile to first (of 3) Nortel entrances on your left.
Turn left into Nortel site (you should see a pond to your right)
Proceed aprox. 200 yards to the first right turn into parking lot.
Park near center of near side of building
Enter through guard station near BIG YELLOW WALL.
(Know your car's license plate number -- guard may ask.)
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<p><b>From Cary/Apex:</b><br>
Entering RTP on Davis proceed to intersection with Hwy 54.
Turn Right onto Hwy 54 (at light)
Proceed approx. 1/4 mile to first (of 3) Nortel entrances on your left.
Turn left into Nortel site (you should see a pond to your right)
Proceed aprox. 200 yards to the first right turn into parking lot.
Park near center of near side of building
Enter through guard station near BIG YELLOW WALL.
(Know your car's license plate number -- guard may ask.)
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